At a glance
Climate and Environment is a three-visit project of 60 or 75 minutes for grades 1 to 9 that starts from a question: could cactuses grow in Vancouver? Students explore the factors that shape plant life on Earth.
The three visits cover climates and seasons, the water cycle and life underground. Students identify types of climate, describe the main vegetation zones and become aware of the impact we can have on our planet.
Could cactuses grow in Vancouver, or not?
To answer that question, your young environmentalists explore, in three workshops, the factors that shape plant life on Earth: climate, water and soil.
A great way to make them aware of the impact we can have on our planet!
How it runs:
Visit 1: Climates and seasons (60 or 75 minutes).
Visit 2: The water cycle (60 or 75 minutes).
Visit 3: Life underground (60 or 75 minutes).
Learning goals (elementary)
- Identify types of climate (cold, temperate, hot).
- Describe the main vegetation zones of Canada and the world.
- Understand how climate affects the products Canada imports.
- Describe where the water on Earth comes from.
- Name the stages of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff and infiltration).
- Identify natural sources of fresh water and of salt water.
- Test how air pressure acts on water (compression, displacement, rising temperature).
- Understand the language of weather forecasts (Environment Canada and The Weather Network).
- Describe wind strength and direction.
- Describe types of precipitation (rain, snow, hail, freezing rain).
- Describe how weather affects daily life.
- Explain how features of the Earth’s surface (oceans, continents, ice caps, mountains and volcanoes) influence the weather.
- Describe the impact of rising greenhouse gases on the planet.
